# 1997–98 2. Bundesliga

The 1997–98 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-fourth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
Eintracht Frankfurt, SC Freiburg and 1. FC Nürnberg were promoted to the Bundesliga while VfB Leipzig, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, FSV Zwickau and SV Meppen were relegated to the Regionalliga.

## League table

For the 1997–98 season SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Energie Cottbus, SG Wattenscheid 09 and 1. FC Nürnberg were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while Fortuna Düsseldorf, SC Freiburg and FC St. Pauli had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt (C, P) | 34 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 64 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | SC Freiburg (P) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 61 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | 1. FC Nürnberg (P) | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 59 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 4 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 56 | |
| 5 | FC Gütersloh | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 55 | |
| 6 | Fortuna Köln | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 46 | |
| 7 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 46 | |
| 8 | Energie Cottbus | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 45 | |
| 9 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 45 | |
| 10 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 44 | |
| 11 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 44 | |
| 12 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 44 | |
| 13 | KFC Uerdingen | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 43 | |
| 14 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 40 | |
| 15 | VfB Leipzig (R) | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 39 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 16 | Carl Zeiss Jena (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 33 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 17 | FSV Zwickau (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 28 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 18 | SV Meppen (R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 27 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
* ↑ VfB Leipzig, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, and FSV Zwickau were relegated to Regionalliga Nordost. SV Meppen was relegated to Regionalliga Nord.

## Results

| Home \ Away | FCE | F95 | SGE | SCF | SGF | FCG | JEN | FKO | LEI | M05 | SVM | FCN | STP | SKI | KFC | UNT | SGW | ZWI |
| Energie Cottbus | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| SC Freiburg | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 |
| Greuther Fürth | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| FC Gütersloh | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 0–3 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Fortuna Köln | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–2 |
| VfB Leipzig | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Mainz 05 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| SV Meppen | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| FC St. Pauli | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| KFC Uerdingen | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 |
| FSV Zwickau | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | — |

## Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 18 | Angelo Vier | FC Gütersloh |
| 16 | Marco Weißhaupt | SC Freiburg |
| 15 | Sven Demandt | 1. FSV Mainz 05 |
| 15 | Marcus Feinbier | SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| 15 | Rainer Krieg | Fortuna Köln |
| 13 | Daniel Stendel | SV Meppen |
| 13 | Igli Tare | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| 12 | Markus Beierle | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 11 | Michael Wiesinger | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| 10 | Steffen Heidrich | VfB Leipzig |
| 10 | Adnan Kevric | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 10 | Abderrahim Ouakili | 1. FSV Mainz 05 |
| 10 | Thomas Sobotzik | Eintracht Frankfurt |